Data Creation
Information on creating, editing and enhancing descriptions.
We also have some helpful top tips for cataloguing
.You may be interested in the Cataloguing Code of Ethics, produced by the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee.
The Console, which contains the EAD Editor, is being retired. For more information please see the Console FAQ page.
About Data Creation
An introduction.
Admin Interface
Viewing your descriptions in our admin interface.
EAD Editor
Create and edit descriptions in our cataloguing tool.
Identifiers
Persistent identifiers for archive descriptions.
Mandatory Fields
Archives Hub mandatory fields for collections and items.
Multi-level Descriptions
Creating more detailed descriptions,
Manual Encoding
Use of EAD tags and attributes
XML Software
XML environments for creating EAD descriptions.